The 2015 sugar cane crop season will get underway on Monday, January twenty-sixth at ten in the morning. The pronouncement came this afternoon after a lengthy session between all stakeholders in Orange Walk. It signals the official end of an impasse which almost destroyed the industry while seeing the emergence of two new Associations under […]
On Wednesday, the U.D.P., all hyped up and bursting with enthusiasm, announced the entry of Doctor Carla Barnett into electoral politics. Barnett is no stranger to the public service, and has also gained recognition regionally, though overt politicking is something new for her. Flanked by Prime Minister Dean Barrow and Deputy Gaspar Vega, Barnett made […]
The U.D.P. has placed great emphasis on Barnett’s integrity in public life, and Prime Minister Barrow has stated publicly that it is perhaps her strongest point. The Prime Minister is also using that claim to integrity as an attack on the P.U.P. On Wednesday, he told the gathering that indeed, Barnett’s integrity was so formidable […]
The Prime Minister has jubilantly placed Barnett against Fonseca in a political battle for Freetown, and only time will tell how that plays out. But in the meantime, Barrow is also poking fun at Fonseca at every possible turn, claiming that the P.U.P. leader’s days are numbered. Today, we asked Fonseca for a response which […]
Tonight, two persons are being questioned about the murder of twenty-four year old Roaring Creek entrepreneur, Emerson Daly Junior. While Police are not saying if the men in custody are friends of Daly’s, they confirmed that the duo is from the Belmopan Area. On Wednesday morning, Daly’s decomposing body was discovered in the Belize […]
There was a collision this morning between a Ready Call bus transporting fifty-one employees and a dump truck. It happened on the Boom-Hattieville Road when the loaded bus crashed into the rear of the truck that was heading to a nearby quarry. The employees on the bus were pretty shaken up, but fortunately only two […]
Earlier we showed you P.U.P. Leader Francis Fonseca’s response to the announcement of his opponent in Freetown. He wasn’t too impressed or concerned. Fonseca has other things on his mind right now, like the municipal elections scheduled for March fourth. It is believed the results of that election will be a reliable indicator of which […]
So what’s the prediction for Belize City? It’s considered a U.D.P. stronghold with the U.D.P. holding on to eight of ten seats. Fonseca acknowledges that it will be a real challenge for his team because of that U.D.P. presence, but he says it’s definitely not an insurmountable obstacle. Francis Fonseca, P.U.P. Leader “That’s always […]
The trial of Warren Lewis of Lord’s Bank, Ladyville and Cordel Flores of Belize City, who are jointly charged for the August 2009 murder of Albert Allen was summed up today by Justice Troadio Gonzalez. The trial began last December and up to news time a jury remains in deliberation on the fate of […]
In May 2014, a Bowen and Bowen employee was robbed of one thousand five hundred dollars. Today, he requested no further court action against the man he had positively identify as his jacker and that man walked free from the offense of robbery. At ten this morning, Delroy Allen, who has been on remand since […]
News Five has confirmed that this morning, Chairman of the U.D.P. Alberto August was involved in a broad daylight domestic altercation in Santa Elena. We were told officially that it got so bad that officers had to be dispatched to the location. Now August is a very high profile U.D.P. personality, and police say […]
There is increased environmental chatter recently after the Geology and Petroleum Department released its draft petroleum exploration policy. According to the wording on that draft, every part of the Belizean territory, onshore and offshore, is open for oil exploration. It’s caused great consternation among those N.G.O.s who have consistently said no to offshore drilling, and […]
Earlier this week, we told you about OCEANA’s feedback on the Department of Geology’s Zoning Draft Policy. OCEANA said they were not meaningfully engaged, having only received the draft on Monday. The Ministry of Energy refuted OCEANA’s statements, saying that OCEANA is wrong because the engagement process started last year and feedback from the N.G.O. […]
B.E.L.’s Golden Citizens Electricity Bill Pay Award is growing by leaps and bounds. The initiative started with fifty persons two years ago. Today another group of senior citizens will not have to worry about paying their light bills for the rest of this year. Andrea Polanco headed to the B.E.L.’s headquarters in Belize City for […]
An early morning fire has destroyed a building and equipment valued over one hundred and forty thousand dollars belonging to Grand Colony Resort in San Pedro Town. After two on Wednesday morning, San Pedro Police responded to a 911 call at Grand Colony Resort on Sea Grape Drive where a wooden carpenter’s workshop was on […]
Another San Pedro hotel took a hit on Wednesday, this time by robbers. According to police, a receptionist of Caribbean Villas reported that around four-thirty on Wednesday, he and two other co-workers were at work when a man with a rag over his face entered and held them up with a black handgun. The man […]
Linking Farmers to Tourism…the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, better known as IICA, is getting more involved in the development of the agro-productive sector in Belize. Today, at the Biltmore Plaza in Belize City, both public and private sector stakeholders came together to identify potential market linkages for agribusiness development focusing primarily on tourism. […]
Partnering with IICA are the Ministry of Natural Resources and Agriculture and the Organization of American States. Ambassador Starret Green says that while the linkages have already been established between both the agriculture and the tourism industries, there a many challenges that have stifled its success, specifically in terms of communication. Starret Green, […]
If you follow health or beauty trends, you should have definitely noticed a growing movement that champions common everyday foods as the new secret to better looking skin. To clarify – we’re not talking about eating your way to healthier skin but using foods like yogurt, papaya and even coffee as actual skin care products. […]
